The ancient Greek world consisted of approximately 1,000 autonomous polities scattered across the Mediterranean basin and was remarkable for both its diversity and its uniformity. As Greeks dispersed throughout the…

A gripping account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes from the acclaimed author of The Spartans

A collection of essays which constitute an introduction to and overview of ancient Spartan history and its reception. It also makes comparisons with Athens, helping readers grasp what is really…

The text of this inaugural lecture proposes that the newly established A. G. Leventis Professorship of Greek Culture is a new kind of chair: a chair not only for research…

A gripping account of the ancient Greek city of Thebes from the acclaimed author of The Spartans.

Ancient Monuments and Modern Identities sets out to examine the role of archaeology in the creation of ethnic, national and social identities in 19th and 20th century Greece. The essays…

The Histories of Herodotus, completed in the second half of the 5th century BC, is generally regarded as the first work of history and the first great masterpiece of non-fiction…

This work centres on identity, questioning how the ancient Greeks saw themselves and others, and what this tells us about Greek mentality and culture. It first follows the journeying of…